Fever control in critically ill adults. An individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
- 11 February 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 45 (4), 468-476
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05553-w
Abstract
One potential way to protect patients from the physiological demands that are a consequence of fever is to aim to prevent fever and to treat it assiduously when it occurs. Our primary hypothesis was that more active fever management would increase survival among patient subgroups with limited physiological reserves such as older patients, patients with higher illness acuity, and those requiring organ support.Funding Information
- Health Research Council of New Zealand (Clinical Practitioner Fellowship)
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